Reference number. ABCE18/CH. Start date of studentship. 1 July 2019. Closing date of advert. 7 April 2019. Interview date. tbc. Loughborough University is a top-ten rated university in England for research intensity (REF2014).

Coventry University (CU) is inviting applications from suitably-qualified graduates for a fully-funded PhD studentship. Wildfires constitute a major natural hazard and pose huge risk to many regions of the world.

The University of Manchester (UoM) is leading research and knowledge transfer on the production and use of carbon based two dimensional materials (2D materials), through the National Graphene Institute (NGI, part of the Henry Royce Institute, the UK National Institute for Advanced Materials Research and Innovation) and the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC).

The research will require the development of advanced models for describing the sources of hazards (namely earthquakes and floods) as well as the structural vulnerability under multiple events with different intensity.

This exciting 4-year BBSRC iCASE PhD opportunity bridges the University of Birmingham’s (*) metabolomics team and Unilever’s Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre (SEAC), both having state-of-the-art facilities and renowned research programmes, thereby creating an excellent environment for this challenging yet impactful research project.